Ua hoʻolaha ʻo United Airlines i ka papa manawa no ka lawelawe hoʻokuʻu mua ʻole o ka mokulele i ka ʻāina ʻo ʻApelika, me ka lawelawe hoʻokahi i kēlā me kēia lā e pili ana iā Washington me Accra, ke kapikala o Ghana, e hoʻomaka ana i Iune 20.
Haʻalele ʻo United 990 i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Washington Dulles ma ka hola 10:10 pm, a hōʻea i Kotoka International Airport ma Accra i ka lā aʻe ma 12:40 pm. Hoʻomaka ka lawelawe ʻana mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa mai Accra i Iune 21 me ka haʻalele ʻana o United 991 i ka hola 11 pm, e hōʻea ana i Wakinekona i ka lā aʻe ma 6:25 am.
Hoʻopaʻa manawa kūpono ʻia nā huakaʻi i Accra no nā pilina ma Washington Dulles, ka ʻīpuka trans-Atlantic nui o United, i ʻoi aku ma mua o 70 mau kūlanakauhale ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau. Ma ke ʻano he mokulele nui loa ma ke kapikala o ka lāhui, hāʻawi ʻo United i kahi kokoke i 300 mau haʻalele i kēlā me kēia lā mai Washington Dulles.
"Me ka hoʻohui ʻana o ka lawelawe iā Accra, hāʻawi ʻo United i kēia manawa i nā mea kūʻai aku i ka lawelawe nonstop i nā wahi ma nā ʻāina ʻeono," wahi a Mark Schwab, ka pelekikena kiʻekiʻe o United o Alliances, International & Regulatory Affairs. "Ke kakali nei mākou i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka lawelawe iā Lagos - ma muli o ka ʻae ʻia e nā luna o Nigerian - e hiki ai i kā mākou mea kūʻai ke huakaʻi ma waena o Lagos a me Wakinekona me ka wikiwiki a me ka maʻalahi."
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Hoʻomaka ka lawelawe ʻana mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa mai Accra i Iune 21 me ka haʻalele ʻana o United 991 i ka hola 11 pm, a hōʻea i Wakinekona i ka lā aʻe ma 6.
- "Me ka hoʻohui o ka lawelawe iā Accra, ke hāʻawi nei ʻo United i nā mea kūʻai aku i ka lawelawe nonstop i nā wahi ma nā ʻāina ʻeono," wahi a Mark Schwab, ka pelekikena kiʻekiʻe o United o Alliances, International &.
- Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā mokulele i Accra a mai Accra no nā pilina ma Washington Dulles, ka ʻīpuka nui o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa trans-Atlantic, i ʻoi aku ma mua o 70 mau kūlanakauhale ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau.
